tony blair, welcome. good to have you. >> thank you, fareed. >> what is your sense of how people are looking at america and it's, less face it, hapless response to covid, and thinking about this country that has always been thought of as the world's leading country, the most advanced country, the country which is able to tackle these kind of crises the best? >> i think most people around the world are scratching their heads a bit at what has gone on in america and are surprised at how savagely it has been hit by covid-19, by the response, and then there has been a huge amount of coverage of the -- some of the disagreements and divisions within american sociy. true. the only thing i think is important is always to emphasize is that whatever the issues are around american leadership on this or that issue, or particular american leaders, the general respect and admiration for america as a whole is still pretty strong. for all sorts of reasons. america is going through a period of deep internal introspection,

tony blair has written a lovely tribute to him today. open mind to the world and practical politics. in any party anywhere he would have stood tall. it was good fortune that he was born on the island of ireland. at the time, was there an awareness of seeing that? oh, yes. there really was. i saw of seeing that? oh, yes. there really was. i sanohn major issued a very nice statement as well. during that period ofjohn major, if we didn't have john during that period ofjohn major, if we didn't havejohn hume meeting gerry adams secretly and then being found out we wouldn't have got to the downing street declaration in 1993 and then the ceasefire in the downing street declaration in 1993 and then the ceasefire “119911. it 1993 and then the ceasefire in 1994. it was already clear that he was a giant of the peace process. he took big personal risks, both politically and in terms of his life, they paid off in the end. he started life as a teacher but went into politics because of his beliefs and pursued them doggedly, and it paid off in them dogg

tribute started to pour in was former british prime minister tony blair saying john hume was a political titan a visionary who refused to believe the future had to be the same as the past his contribution to peace in northern ireland was epic and here we have rightly be remembered for it while current british prime minister brace johnson hay the political giant irish prime minister may harm martin stated it is impossible to properly express this kaidan significance of john hume's life he was one of the towering figure of irish public life of the last century his vision and tenacity say discount tree those sirens monder loss of a figure of peace. and for more i want to bring in brian dooley he's an irish author and human rights activists he joins me tonight from london brian it's good to have you on the day we want to let our viewers know thanks very much you've written several books including black in green the fight for civil rights in northern ireland and black america the u.s. civil rights icon john lewis he was buried last week today you tweeted this john lewis and now john hughes 2

don't forget, when i was in government working for tony blair, we we re government working for tony blair control freaks and wanting to centralise power in numberio freaks and wanting to centralise power in number 10 downing street. but we were nothing like this lot. poorjohnson and dominic cummings, his notorious chief adviser, have been centralising enormous amount of power in downing street around the prime minister. they've had their fingers in every single pie across whitehall. so it is no good for the prime minister, hanging gavin williamson out to dry, and mr williamson out to dry, and mr williamson trying to shake the blame onto the regulator when you have a command and control downing street like we have at the moment, the prime minister ultimately must take responsibility. and it is significant that he's kept a very, very low profile. he is supposed to be on holiday, but prime ministers are never really on holiday. be on holiday, but prime ministers are never really on holidaylj realise are never really on holiday.” realise that the picture was outside the department for educati

tony blair described him as a political titan.lo and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me again we have anna isaac from the wall streetjournal, and jack blanchard from politico. welcome back to you both. let's start with the irish times — it leads with a picture of the nobel peace prize winner and prominent northern ireland politician, john hume, who has died aged 83. the guardian also carries a picture ofjohn hume. but the newspaper leads on claims that russian hackers stole trade papers from the email account of liam fox, a conservative former minister. british people have been more willing to take part in the government's meal discount scheme, which started today, than to return to the office. that's according to the daily mail. the financial times leads on a slump in profits at hsbc, as europe's biggest bank grapples with the coronavirus crisis as well tensions between the us and china. according to the daily express, gps are to be told not to prescribe common painkillers to mi

former uk prime minister — tony blair descirbed mr hume as a "political titan".ist leader lord trimble — who was jointly awarded the nobel peace prize withjohn hume paid tribute saying — "he was a major contribution to politics in northern ireland and particularly to the process that gave us an agreement that we are still working our way through". and simon coveney — former deputy leader of fine gael party said "all of us should bow our heads in respect and thanks. what an extraordinary man, peacemaker, politician, leader, civil rights campaigner." we can speak now to our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. the tributes, mr, absolutely speak ofa man the tributes, mr, absolutely speak of a man who was one of the key architects of the northern ireland peace process and respected by all, having come through a time when firebrands dominated and finding a middle way had seemed impossible. absolutely. he is an iconic figure of northern ireland. seen by many as an absolute hero of the peace process , an absolute hero of the peace process, central to creating the conditio

among those paying tribute, the foer primeinister tony blair.ithout john hugh, i think there would not be peace in northern ireland. he really made it happen. he began on the journey of peace when most people thought it was completely impossible, when there were high levels of violence. many people died. he was right at the outset. utid this could become a reality and he turned to be right, but for many years, it looked as if he was wrong about a, but he turned out tbe rig -- he was wrong about out to be right.ed ♪ ros: we are here in the "bbc" story. in spain, the former king has announced he is leaving the country aftebeing linked to a corruption scandal. let's talk about cru some have just begun operating again sincehe pandemic arrived, and we have covid-19 outbreaks already. focusing on two ships, one in the pacificne and from norway. 40 passengerand crew have tested positive on this one. the ship's -- the ship was in the arcti docked on friday. four crewmembers weresi tested ve. 180 passengers were allowed to disembark the ship. the authori

all of those things which make a mountain to be clear this is under successive administrations tony blair john major cameron and of course main boris johnson why is it that on the front line doctors and nurses have to have to get personal protection equipment from private providers given the n.h.s. is the largest employer in europe the what exactly is the story behind the fact the n.h.s. cannot produce its own protective equipment for its own staff well beyond behinds this really serious failure to protect its top that it was testing and continent facing and to present it and some nonsense and the chance stands in terms and so on behind us is this only do you. that's. tribe it is better than public and the government should not be investing so much money in public services the n.h.s. in the past used to cure it it's only equipments and make its own equipment to a certain degree of those that can't produce everything there is no reason on earth want the n.h.s. could not be reducing essential equipment such as generic drugs and such owns personal protective equipment and he should be doing

defense secretaries before him and prime ministers before him this must go all the way back to tony blair and the. their kind of mood that he was setting when we continuously went and invaded these countries it's not just afghanistan of course this kind of thing was probably happening in iraq as well for all we know it might be happening around the world today the secrecy that undergoes these military exercises is the biggest problem and it's about time that the disinfectant of sunlight was brought in on them is it possible that this was some sort of rogue unit what could have possibly been the purpose behind these killing of. well it might have been a rogue unit but that would be bad enough wouldn't it if there were people higher up the chain of command who suspected this was going on that covered it up that's terrible if they didn't know about it then they're incompetent so either way it doesn't look great there is no excuse for systematically killing 33 unarmed civilian men of fighting age we may actually never know the true circumstances of what happened your correspondent just said t

tributes started to pour in was former british prime minister tony blair saying john hume was a political titan a visionary who refused to believe the future had to be the same as the past his contribution to peace in northern ireland was epic and he will rightly be remembered for it while current british prime minister brace johnson hay the political trial and irish prime minister may harm martin stated it is impossible to properly express this kaidan significance of john hume's life he was one of the towering figure of irish public life of the last century his vision and tenacity save discount tree those sirens monder loss of a figure of peace. 2 american astronauts have made a landmark splash down as the 1st commercial crew of mission to the international space station returned to earth well it was also the 1st splashdown landing after a u.s. space mission since 900 $75.00 well space x. and the u.s. space agency nasa are celebrating the success of the mission which they say will bring the free market to space exploration. as we are now just about 20 meters off the ocean this is the mom

he was key to ending decades of violence in northern ireland which killed thousands, and tony blair,he good friday peace agreement was signed, described him as "a visionary who refused to believe the future had to be the same as the past". 0ur ireland correspondent emma va rdy looks back at his remarkable life. a visionary through some of northern ireland's darkest days. john hume was an enduring advocate of peace. ..shot them with rubber bullets and gas. the crowd is marching over there. the leaders were going to speak to you. before we even got there, you opened fire. driven by a belief that negotiation and democracy was the alternative to bullets and bombs, he took on the army, the police, and the ira paramilitaries, who tried to bring about a united ireland by force. there is not a single injustice in northern ireland today that justifies the taking of a single human life. if i were to lead a civil rights campaign in northern ireland today, the major target of that campaign would be the ira. and as a protest against... a career in politics had not been his earliest calling. he tr

he was key to ending decades of violence in northern ireland which killed thousands, and tony blair,ter when the good friday peace agreement was signed, described him as "a visionary who refused to believe the future had to be the same as the past". our ireland correspondent emma va rdy looks back at his remarkable life. a visionary through some of northern ireland's darkest days. john hume was an enduring advocate of peace. ..shot them with rubber bullets and gas. the crowd is marching over there. the leaders were going to speak to you. before we even got there, you opened fire. driven by a belief that negotiation and democracy was the alternative to bullets and bombs, he took on the army, the police and the ira paramilitaries who tried to bring about a united ireland by force. there is not a single injustice in northern ireland today that justifies the taking of a single human life. if i were to lead a civil rights campaign in northern ireland today, a major target of that campaign would be the ira. and as a protest against... a career in politics had not been his earliest calling.

tony blair described him as a political titan.

>>cspan: in the middle of this a couple of weeks ago you debated tony blair in toronto. we covered it i want to run a clip of you making some points he sitting on the stage with yo you. >> as long as you don't want your religion talk to my children in school, given a government subsidy, imposed , you are fine by me. [applause] >> i prefer not even to know what it is that you do in that church of yours. in fact if you force it i will consider it a breach. have your blood he christmas. [laughter] do your slaughtering and don't mutilate the genitals of your children. [laughter] don't you think that's reasonable pluralistic? >> why is that? >> of course not and it's a mystery to me i will share it with you. if i believe there is a savior sent by god who loved me and wanted the best for me and that i process the means of grace and glory, i now i might be happy. why doesn't it make them happy? isn't that a perfectly decent question? they weren't happy until you believe it also because that's what the holy books tell them. [applause] >>cspan: why did you do that debate? >> than

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could you tell me if you regret it all to get the support from president bush and tony blair? >> i regret more not arguing earlier and forcefully in 1991 then to be removed earlier than he was and i do agree with a gentleman and to have a full accounting of what went wrong and how that failed us then of course then with bush in 2003 the minimum the decision on the same path in 1991 but it was a realist decision. was general scowcroft. and another faction from the president himself. that is where things went critically wrong. with the degeneration of which we now see. >>host: another topic you have covered nobody left to lie to in paperback and then in hardback no one left to lie to the triangulation of william jefferson clinton. >> that was later the expanded edition. there is an extra chapter of the politics of the first lady why she is back on. and wine i couldn't finish in time and wasn't sure i would ever finish the very important never asked and discussed question and i women reported being raped by mr. clinton i have talked to three women who did now and i was as sure as

an early dinner bush had with prime minister tony blair, who had flown in in an act of solidarity foroint sessions speech, when he was explained to blair, who was quite concerned that president bush would haphazardly lash out at any number of countries after 9/11, you have to understand where i am coming from. in this country, people are angry. they want to kill someone. they want someone -- they want us to retaliate. bush managed to hold it in, but he also was mindful that the electorate, in addition to being scared out of their minds, were also -- did have bloodlust themselves. host: we have a line set aside if you are a veteran of the iraq war. that number is (202) 748-8003. chris is joining us for massachusetts. caller: good morning. 2004, and you can verify this on a google search, a senator stated the following. iraq was invaded to secure israel and everybody knows it. are you familiar with the quote? do you have any comment on it? guest: sure. i am familiar with the quote. i am familiar with the sentiment as well. there were a lot of people who believed we invaded iraq to oppos

was meant to beat roger federer and whoever was doing it pressed the wrong button and it cut to tony blairmakes you feel good or makes you feel worried. definitely worried, where has this year gone? i love christmas, but keep it in december. storm franciis is showing its hand in the way of torrential rain and very strong gusts of wind. disruption is quite likely with this combination. the met office has very various weather warnings out. the gas we have seen in the last hour or so are the following. you get the gist. this area of low pressure is storm francis. you can see all the isobars associated with the storm, as well associated with the storm, as well as the weather fronts. they are producing this rain and it has been falling steadily overnight. rain totals mounting up and there is a lot of surface water and spray on the roads and huge puddles. if you are travelling, take extra care. the rain is moving northwards. watch out how it curls around, taking another swipe at northern ireland, wales and northern england in the afternoon. south of that something brighter is coming our way with

but as tony blair said a lot of politicians, the hardest thing is that people don't give politics firstcross clearly, especially as our children get back to school. and as you say, this is a situation that is affecting people's daily lives with the exams for instance, people lost university places because of the lag in changing the policy. so they are waiting to hear exactly what the government says and you said that when you were in the position that you were in, you would say to ministers don't say there won't be a u—turn. why do you think they are being so firm in saying that there won't be u—turns and what you think the long—term impact of that could be? because people will remember that there were situations that they couldn't bank on and it makes it ha rd to couldn't bank on and it makes it hard to think in the future when a government minister says this definitely won't change, that you can be sure it won't. i think the long—term risk, i don't think there isa long—term risk, i don't think there is a risk in the short term necessarily. i don't think anybody going into the polling

we can talk to sir david king, the former chief scientific adviser under tony blair and gordon brown. 0k. have you had any consultation with the government in terms of the run—up to this decision? no, we have not. let me say, the decision on france is a decision on a strategy and i don't think we are going to question that decision. what i think i'm much more concerned about is the sudden removal of 1.3 million covid—19 tests on the 12th of august, very quietly, and this isjust one thing that has been happening from the beginning. we are very concerned that we don't know what the strategy of the government is if there is a strategy. so, for example, on the 3ist strategy. so, for example, on the 31st ofjuly, the prime minister announced and we fully agreed with that, that the reopening of schools in septemberwas the that, that the reopening of schools in september was the government 's absolute priority, we had made that very clear a few weeks before. but the follow—up to that is, as we said, the month of august is our summer month when we can deal with the level of infectivity in this

emily blair, who is with us on the senate floor tonight, tiffany, mark, asher, scott, pat, david, and careline. and senator tester's staff, sophie, tony, a kansan, as well as the house veterans' affairs committee staff members. mr. president, suicide is preventable and with the passage of commander john scott hanon veterans mental health improvement act here tonight, moments ago, we take a stand to protect the lives of the people who have given us so much in their protection of each and every american. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: i understand there is a bill at the desk and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 4461, a bill to provide for a period of continuing provisions in the -- appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations and so forth. mr. moran: i now ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be read for the sec

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tony blair described mr hume as a "political titan".ary," he said "who refused to believe the future had to be the same as the past". our ireland correspondent chris page looks back at his life. you shot there, with rubber bullets and gas. the crowd was marching over there. the leaders were going to speak to you. before we even got there, you opened fire. john hume stood against violence for all of his life. but he was never far from confrontation. he took on the army, the police, and the ira,

he was key to ending decades of violence in northern ireland which killed thousands, and tony blair —was prime minister when the good friday peace agreement was signed — described him as "a visionary who refused to believe the future had to be the same as the past". our ireland correspondent emma vardy looks back at his remarkable life. a visionary through some of northern ireland's darkest days. john hume was an enduring advocate of peace. ..shot them with rubber bullets and gas. the crowd is marching over there. the leaders were going to speak to you. before we even got there, you opened fire. driven by a belief that negotiation and democracy was the alternative to bullets and bombs, he took on the army, the police and the ira paramilitaries who tried to bring about a united ireland by force. there is not a single injustice in northern ireland today that justifies the taking of a single human life. if i were to lead a civil rights campaign in northern ireland today, the major target of that campaign would be the ira. and as a protest against... a career in politics had not been his

tony blair described mr hume as a "visionary" "who refused to believe the future had to be the same ashe past." john hume genuinely was a political tighten. his contribution to peace in northern ireland was extraordinary. i don't think we would ever have really got the peace process going and implemented if he had not been there offering help and advice. but he was a bigger figure not just advice. but he was a bigger figure notjust on advice. but he was a bigger figure not just on the advice. but he was a bigger figure notjust on the island of ireland but in europe, yet the united states of america and someone who was held in enormous regard because you can buy this ability to have a great and strong vision with —— combined. with the commitment and intelligence to make it work and that is really what set emma apart from your ordinary politician. is there a particular moment during those very fraught months leading up to the good friday deal that six in your mind from john hume? when we came to power in may 1997, the peace process had really broken down. the ceasefire had been abandoned